ACE TRIO

Based in Cape Town

An ensemble of three highly acclaimed Classically trained instrumentalists, the ACE Trio is extremely popular amongst corporate clients, venues, function coordinators, wedding couples and festivals in the Cape and South Africa. This group of attractive ladies is extremely versatile, with a huge repertoire ranging from Baroque and Classical Chamber music, to stirring tangos, Jazz, Latin American and ethnic music. The trio is made out of three members from the ACE Quartet, and is perfect for smaller functions, or where the budget does not allow for the full quartet to be booked. The trio can consist of flute, violin and cello; flute, viola and cello; or violin, viola and cello.

Featured performances include
Cosmopolitan / Brutal Fruit Cape Town Fashion Week After Party at Rhodes House - August 2004
Stellenbosch Wine Festival 2003
Cape Town Whiskey Festival 2003

Amongst the many venues where ACE have performed are
Rhodes House, Cape Town
Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town
Fancourt Estate, George
Erinvale Golf Estate, Somerset West
Radisson Hotel, Cape Town
Kirstenbosch Gardens, Cape Town
Lord Charles, Somerset West
La Motte, Franschhoek
Twelve Apostles, Camps Bay
Grand Roche, Paarl
Lanzerac, Stellenbosch
Table Bay Hotel, Cape Town
Vergelegen, Somerset West
Aquarium, V&A Waterfront
Various winefarms, golf estates and other conference venues in Western Cape


REPERTOIRE
The ACE Trio has a repertoire of over 6 hours, which includes: (Click on "LISTEN" for sound samples)

Baroque:
Sonatas by Telemann, J.S. Bach, Handel, Sammartini, Loeillet, Vivaldi, Hasse, Purcell and Vitali
Famous Baroque works like Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, J.S. Bach’s Air on a G String (LISTEN), etc.

Classical:
J. Haydn’s London Trios, Wiener Trios and Six Divertissements
Beethoven’s 12 Deutsche Tänze, 12 Menuette and 6 Landlerische Tanze
W.A. Mozart’s 12 Deutsche Tänze, 7 Menuette and 6 Landlerische Tänze
F. Devienne: 4 Sonatines
F. Danzi: 6 Trios

Famous Classics:
Themes from Bizet’s opera Carmen (LISTEN)
Strauss Waltzes
Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Theme from Romeo and Juliet
Offenbach’s Barcarolle
Ravel’s Bolero
Elgar’s Chanson de Matin
Ponchielli’s Dance of the Hours
Satie’s Gymnopedie No. 1
Holst’s Jupiter (from "The Planets")
Grieg’s Morgenstimmung
Puccini’s Nessun Dorma (from "Turandot") and Oh! Mio Babbino Caro (from "Gianni Schicch")
Fauré’s Pavane
Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

Light music and Jazz:
Favorites like Cavatina from “The Deer Hunter”, The Man I Love, songs from “The Sound of Music”, Gershwin’s Summertime, Hello Dolly, Fly me to the Moon, New York New York, Piano Man, Raindrops keep Falling on My Head, Yesterday, Hymn a L’Amour, etc.
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Memory, Think of Me, Close Every Door, Starlight Express, Take That Look Off Your Face, Tell Me on a Sunday, The Phantom of the Opera, Love Changes Everything, Jesus Christ Superstar
Jazz standards like Girl from Ipanema, Autumn Leaves, Blue Bossa, Could it be You, Darn That Dream, Dolphin Dance, The Green Dolphin, In a Sentimental Mood, It Don’t Mean a Thing, Misty, My Funny Valentine, Nica’s Dream, Night and Day, Summer Samba, Take Five, etc.
Piazzola Libertango (LISTEN)

Wedding Music:
Wedding Marches / Processional music:
- Mendelssohn’s Wedding March from A Midsummernight’s Dream (LISTEN)
- Wagner’s Bridal Chorus (LISTEN)
- Clarke’s Trumpet Voluntary
- Pachelbel’s Canon in D
- Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (LISTEN)
- Handel’s Processional from "Royal Fireworks Music"
Fauré’s Pavane
Schubert’s Ave Maria
Bach / Gonoud’s Ave Maria
Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus from "The Messias"
Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Franck’s Panis Angelicus
Bach’s Bist Du Bei Mir